Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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ReconObtain authenticated AVideo account with category editing rights
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DeliveryNavigate to category create/edit interface
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ExploitInject JavaScript payload into category description field
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InstallPayload persisted to database
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C2Victim browses Gallery or category page
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ExecuteStored script executes in victim browser context
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ImpactSession token or credentials exfiltrated to attacker
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The attacker must hold an authenticated AVideo account with permission to create or edit categories (CVSS PR:L). Exploitation is further gated by the requirement that a separate victim user visits the Gallery or affected category page after payload storage (CVSS UI:R). Deployments where category management is restricted exclusively to administrator-level accounts significantly limit the attacker pool. Platforms that permit regular content creators or moderators to manage categories face broader exposure. No special network position, software version on the victim side, or non-default server configuration is required beyond a running AVideo 29.0 or earlier instance accessible over the network. |
| Impact | The CVSS 5.4 Medium score is consistent with the realistic threat model: PR:L confirms the attacker must hold a valid account with category management privileges, and UI:R confirms exploitation requires a separate victim to browse the injected page - neither condition is trivially met in tightly administered deployments. However, the scope-changed indicator (S:C) elevates the rating above a purely self-affecting flaw, because the payload crosses user boundaries and can compromise any visitor to the gallery. No EPSS score was provided in the intelligence data, and the vulnerability is absent from CISA KEV, indicating no confirmed active exploitation at time of analysis. No public proof-of-concept code has been identified. The primary real-world risk driver is the breadth of who holds category editing permissions: platforms that grant this right to regular content creators face substantially broader exposure than those restricting it to administrators. CVSS signals and description are fully consistent - no conflicts to flag. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers or compromises a low-privilege AVideo account that has permission to create or edit categories, then saves a payload such as a JavaScript cookie-stealer or credential-harvesting redirect into a category description field. When any other authenticated user subsequently browses the Gallery view or navigates to the affected category page, the stored script executes in their browser session, exfiltrating their session token to an attacker-controlled endpoint and enabling account takeover without further attacker interaction. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – May 29, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in WWBN AVideo 29.0 and earlier allows an authenticated low-privilege user with category creation or editing rights to persist malicious JavaScript in category descriptions, which executes in any victim's browser upon viewing the Gallery or affected category page. The scope-changed CVSS vector (S:C) reflects that the injected payload crosses from the attacker's session into other users' browser contexts, enabling session hijacking or unauthorized actions on victims' behalf. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, but the low-complexity, network-accessible attack path warrants prompt access control review on affected deployments.
RemediationAI
Upstream fix availability is not independently confirmed from the provided data - consult the GitHub Security Advisory at https://github.com/WWBN/AVideo/security/advisories/GHSA-c8h8-vq34-9fw2 for a patched release version and upgrade instructions. As an immediate compensating control, restrict category creation and editing permissions to the smallest possible set of trusted administrator accounts; revoking this privilege from general users eliminates the attacker-controlled input path entirely. Deploying a Content Security Policy (CSP) header with a strict script-src directive will limit the impact of any stored payload that reaches end users, though CSP misconfiguration can reduce its effectiveness. Server-side HTML entity encoding or a vetted sanitization library (e.g., HTMLPurifier for PHP) applied to the category_description field at write or render time is the correct permanent fix at the code level.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 2 packages in composer, euvd
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Technical ContextAI · show details
AVideo is an open-source PHP-based video platform maintained by WWBN. The vulnerable component is the Gallery view, which retrieves user-supplied category descriptions from the database and renders the category_description field as raw, unsanitized HTML directly into the page output. This violates the output-encoding requirement defined by CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation - Cross-site Scripting), specifically the stored/persistent variant, where attacker-controlled data is saved server-side and later reflected to other users. The affected product CPE is cpe:2.3:a:wwbn:avideo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering all versions through 29.0. The advisory explicitly notes this is a distinct sink from previously patched XSS issues in video titles and comments, indicating a pattern of insufficient output encoding across multiple input fields in the application.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M
DescriptionCVE.org
WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. In 29.0 and earlier, AVideo stores category descriptions from user input and later renders category_description as raw HTML in the Gallery view. A user who can create or edit categories can store JavaScript in a category description, which executes when another user views the affected Gallery/category page. This is a stored XSS in the category description field, separate from previously fixed XSS issues in video titles or comments.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
A cross-site scripting (xss) vulnerability exists in the functiongetOpenGraph videoName functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.
An issue in WWBN AVideo v.12.4 through v.14.2 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the systemRootPath
A directory traversal vulnerability exists in the unzipDirectory functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.6 and dev master commit
An insufficient entropy vulnerability exists in the salt generation functionality of WWBN AVideo dev master commit 15fed
Unauthenticated SQL injection in AVideo before 24.0.
OS injection vulnerability in World Wide Broadcast Network AVideo version before 12.4, allows attackers to execute arbit
A reflected cross-site scripting (xss) vulnerability exists in the charts tab selection functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.
A cross-site scripting (xss) vulnerability exists in the channelBody.php user name functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.6 and
A cross-site scripting (xss) vulnerability exists in the videoAddNew functionality of WWBN AVideo 11.6 and dev master co
An insufficient entropy vulnerability exists in the userRecoverPass.php recoverPass generation functionality of WWBN AVi
WWBN AVideo is an open source video platform. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable
AVideo is an open source video platform. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low
EUVD-2026-33304
GHSA-c8h8-vq34-9fw2
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
Vulnrichment
Exploit-DB